A 19-year-old Regina man is facing charges after police seized two guns and a machete from a vehicle.

On Wednesday at approximately 7:45 p.m., police spotted a vehicle that had been reported stolen. The vehicle was stopped at a service station. While the driver was being arrested, police said a passenger in the vehicle got into the driver’s seat and drove away.

The vehicle was found abandoned a short time later. Police found a sawed-off shotgun, a sawed off .22 calibre gun, a machete and ammunition inside the vehicle. Police are still investigating.

The man who was arrested has been charged with two counts of careless use of a firearm, possession of stolen property over $5,000, breach of probation, breach of undertaking, drive while disqualified, three counts of possession of a weapon dangerous to public peace, two counts of possession of a firearm knowing its possession is unauthorized, two counts of unauthorized possession of a firearm in a motor vehicle, two counts of possession of a prohibited or restricted firearm with ammunition, two counts of possession of a firearm, prohibited or restricted weapon obtained by crime and possession of a firearm or ammunition contrary to prohibition.

The man made his first court appearance at Regina Provincial Court at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday.